Miramichi

Miramichi is the largest city in northern New Brunswick, Canada. The first European settlement of Miramichi occurred in 1648 when the French established the trading post of Fort Fronsac on the Miramichi River, and the sparsely-inhabited area became a part of the Acadia region. During the French and Indian War, Miramichi was used as a refugee camp for displaced Acadians, and the region would be settled by Scottish settlers and former American loyalists from 1765 to 1800 after the Acadian exodus. From 1815 to 1850, the Irish began to come to the city, and they were well established in the area by the 1870s. The town became known as "Canada's Irish Capital" for its Irish culture, and it became a city in 1995. In 2011, the city had a population of 17,811 people.